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Word Meanings - RETREAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To tread again.

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  • AGAINSTAND
    To withstand.
  • AGAINSAY
    To gainsay. Wyclif.
  • AGAIN
    again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
  • TREADBOARD
    See 5
  • TREADFOWL
    A cock. Chaucer.
  • TREADMILL
    A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
  • TREAD
    tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro, Sw. tråda, träda, Dan. træde, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. 1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope. Fools rush in where
  • AGAINST
    1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
  • AGAIN; AGAINS
    Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
  • TREADLE
    The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. (more info) 1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
  • AGAINWARD
    Back again.
  • AGAINBUY
    To redeem. Wyclif.
  • TREADWHEEL
    A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.
  • TREAD-SOFTLY
    Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
  • TREADER
    One who treads. Isa. xvi. 10.
  • THEREAGAIN
    In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
  • OVERTREAD
    To tread over or upon.
  • RETREAD
    To tread again.
  • MISTREADING
    Misstep; misbehavior. "To punish my mistreadings." Shak.
  • UNTREAD
    To tread back; to retrace. Shak.
  • FORTREAD
    To tread down; to trample upon. In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer.

 

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